Associations to the word «Alcaic»

ALCAIC, adjective. Pertaining to Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of around 600BC; especially, of a verse meter in a four-line stanza which he supposedly invented

ALCAIC, noun. (in the plural) alcaic verses

ALCAIC VERSE, proper noun. A Greek meter, supposedly invented by Alcaeus; consisting of combinations of spondee, iambs and dactyls

ALCAIC, noun. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus.